Chafe and loop for harness



(No Model.)

P. W. R. BRADFORD.

GHAFE AND LOOP FOR HARNESS.

No. 369,910. Patented Sept. 13, 188"].

WITNEEEEE.

UNITED STATES FRED W. R. BRADFORD, OF CLAREMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

CHAFE ANDLOOP FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,910, datedSeptember 13, 1887.

Application filed July 13, 1887. Serial No. 244,149. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDW. B. BRADFORD, of Glaremont, in the county ofSullivan and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and ImprovedCombination Ghafe and Loop for Harness, of which the following is aspecification.

This improvement is particularly adapted for use on heavy truck-harnessin connection with side straps, leisure straps, lug-straps, back-straps,and, in fact, in any place where the strap returns or bends back uponitself.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate like parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a strap and ringwith my device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection of the same.Fig. 3 is a view of my combination chafe and loop detached.

A A are the two portions of a strap of any of the styles abovementioned, bent so as to re turn upon itself.

My device consists of the loop portion B, the connecting portion 0, andchafe portion D, the last bent back upon itself and provided with thetransverse slits or openings D and D, the former near the connection 0and the latter near the free end of the chafe portion, the entire devicebeing made integral. The entire strap passes down through the loop 13and out through the opening D, down around the outside of thechafe D, inthrough the opening D, and up through the loop B, all as shown in thedrawings. The ringEpasscs, as usual, through the chafe, thus protectingthe part a of the strap.

The entire device, including both the chafe and loop, is made ofleather.

By means of my device the loop is prevented from sliding down the strap,thus allowing the chafe to turn around and get out of place, so that thewear (from the ring) would come on the strap to its injury.

I am aware that chafe irons and guards have been constructed whichconsist of a plate provided with one or more loops on one or both of thesides thereof, and it is not my purpose to so claim my invention as tocover such constructions. In myinvention the loop embraces both portionsof the strap, said portions passing through slits on opposite sides ofthe chafe, said slits being made in the body of the chafe, which, beingof leather, provides considerable friction. By this means the chafe iskept in place, the loop is prevented fromsliding down the strap, thering cannot slip out of position, and no wear can possibly come upon thestrap to be protected. The ring is kept in position because thechafebroadens toward the portions next the loop, so that it is widerthan the inside diameter of the ring.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is 7 As an improved article of manufacture,the herein-described combination chafe. and loop for harness, consistingof the loop portion B, connecting portion 0, and chafe portion D,provided with the openings D D, consisting of slits made transversely inthe body of the chafe portion, said chafe portion being made broader atits two parts next the loop than at the portion passing through thering, the entire device being made of leather, and all made integral andconstructed substantially as set forth, and to operate as described.

FRED W. R. BRADFORD. Witnesses:

GEORGE 0. BALL,

Bonus 0. BRADFORD.

